AkshuallyGuy

AkshuallyGuy t1_ivv9q8q wrote

Reply to comment by DischargedElectron in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart

>Airlines like to emphasize per mile statistics because it favours them.

And yet the stats I reported were per flight. The results of any comparison will show air travel to be safer than train travel, unless you are abusing methodologies.

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AkshuallyGuy t1_ivte3b0 wrote

Reply to comment by Kassabro in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart

Then he's wrong.

The rate of Amtrak accidents per million train miles traveled grew from 41.1 in 2008 to nearly 58.8 by November 2017

Large commercial airplanes had 0.27 fatal accidents per million flights in 2020, or one fatal crash every 3.7 million flights -- up from 0.18 fatal accidents per million flights in 2019.

So even if each flight was a single mile, they'd still be far safer than trains. Adjusting to passenger miles, trains are death traps compared to commercial flights.

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AkshuallyGuy t1_ivt80g9 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart

Trickle-down was tried in the US in the 1890s, but it had a better name: horse-and-sparrow economics. If you feed a horse enough grain, the sparrows will have more shit to eat.

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AkshuallyGuy t1_ivt73rn wrote

Reply to comment by Boogiemann53 in TIL In 1983, Air Force One (with Reagan aboard) landed six minutes before a microburst slammed into the ground at Andrews Air Force Base, causing wind speeds to hit 149 mph. At the time, that was the fastest wind speed ever measured by an anemometer. by theotherbogart

Yes, airline pilots train extensively. That and modern equipment are two big reasons why commercial aviation are so safe.

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AkshuallyGuy t1_ivhqey0 wrote

Reply to TIL that the band The Hondells had a top-ten hit with their 1964 cover of The Beach Boy's song "Little Honda," except "The Hondells" didn't actually exist by wowbobwow

Just because it's session musicians or a supergroup doesn't mean it's not a real band. I mean, would you say NIN isn't "real" because it's Reznor and whoever he hires that week?

Garbage is fake? What about Me First and the Gimme Gimmes?

Even completely fictional bands exist, in that you can't have music without somebody vibrating something:

https://www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/fake-artists-real-hits

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AkshuallyGuy t1_iu936x5 wrote

Reply to comment by onewobblywheel in TIL that antimatter is made with antiprotons, which are the opposite of protons, with a negative charge, antineutrons with a neutral charge and positrons, which are the opposite of electrons, with a positive charge. by Doomguy2021

>Physicist Richard Feynman successfully modeled antimatter as ordinary matter that moves backwards through time.

Hmm, what if I just changed the signs on everything...

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AkshuallyGuy t1_itzfjhx wrote

Reply to comment by gto1969jdg in TIL: The famous Alaskan sled dog "Balto" was preserved in taxidermy and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Ohio. by alex6219

It is an absolutely charming relic of a silver age of museums. It's not shiny, glitzy, and multimedia-filled. It's a bit dusty, sometimes campy, and filled with little things that you didn't know you'd be happy you got to see.

Spending a day wandering in and out of museums around University Circle is undoubtedly time well spent.

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